Ground Support at N6RO

Spent some time over at Radio Oakley yesterday as N6RO, N6ML, K6AW and N6WM had planned to do some work on the 20M beam. The rotator was shot and it needed to be replaced, which had Iain (N6ML) and Steve (K6AW) at about 45′ in order to remove the rotator and install an angle iron so the beam would not swing from approximately 70 degrees for the upcoming SS CW.

I am still new to contesting and working on antennas, towers, etc, so I acted as ground support and also tried to gain more experience from just being around these guys. It was good to talk to these guys, as I had not see them since I made my way to my first NCCC meeting some months ago.

I asked Chris, N6WM if he knew a local place to find a push up mast, similar to a Rohn H50. He made mention he had one he would give me. I think my eyes lit up. So later today I will be calling Chris and going to his QTH in order to pick up this mast. Right now, I replaced the hex beam up on the shed in anticipation for SS.

With any luck this mast will get me the height I need when I want to extend the mast to approximately 20-25′. Hopefully it will also help to suppress the RFI issues I have recently been having in the entire shack. More information on it later today…